# Zelda timeline: Hyrule's history

> Hyrule's timeline reveals how Link and Zelda's adventures shape the world.
- Title: Zelda timeline: Hyrule's history · Legendofhyrule | Shortify
- Summary: Hyrule's timeline reveals how Link and Zelda's adventures shape the world. Link and Zelda's journey across eras explains Hyrule's history and the Triforce's…
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## The Golden Goddesses
The three Golden Goddesses create the world and leave the Triforce in Hylia's care.
## Hylia's Protection
Hylia keeps the Triforce from misuse by granting wishes to those who hold it.
## The Demon King Demise
Demise and his armies war to take the Triforce, but Hylia gathers survivors to protect it.
## Skyloft's Creation
Hylia sends survivors and the Triforce to Skyloft, an island above clouds.
## The Interlopers
A magic group tries to take the Triforce and is banished to the Twilight Realm.
## The Temple of Time
Rauru builds the Temple of Time to guard the Sacred Realm with spiritual stones and an ocarina.
## Zelda's Kingdom
Zelda's descendants found Hyrule below Skyloft, keeping old stories of the goddess and Triforce.
## The Imprisoning War
Ganon seals himself and his monsters in the Sacred Realm after losing the Triforce.
## The Child Era
Link warns Zelda about Ganon before being sent back in time to protect her.
## The Adult Era
Link vanishes after defeating Ganon, leaving Zelda to rule Hyrule.
## The Hero's Defeat
Link falls in battle, Ganon claims the Triforce, and Hyrule floods under the sea.
## The Rifts
Rifts swallow Hyrule as Zelda closes them with the Tri Rod and fairy Tri.
## Key takeaway

Link and Zelda's journey across eras explains Hyrule's history and the Triforce's role.